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| The existing memorial house for General Giap in Quang Binh Province. Photo baogiaothong.vn |
Viet Nam News
QUANG BINH — The central province of Quang Binh will build a memorial house for General Vo Nguyen Giap in his home village.
The People’s Committee of the province decided to build the house to welcome visitors who are keen to know about the General’s life and career. The committee has planned it as a little museum showcasing documents and items related to Giap’s military concept and practice.
The house will be built on a 3.5ha land plot in Loc Thuy Commune in Le Thuy District, where his home village is located.
The house will have Vietnamese traditional structure, including wooden pillars, beams and bake tile roofs.
The construction will start next year and will be completed in two years, at a cost of VND45 billion (US$1.9 million).
In the commune, the General’s family has a house, which is built in the traditional structure, and is used for worshipping Giap and his ancestors. For years, the family has been treating this as the memorial house of Giap and receiving visitors there.
Initially, the committee suggested taking the land and replacing the old house with a new, bigger one but the family refused. Vo Dai Ham, one of Giap’s relatives, told a local newspaper that the house was first built in the last century, before it was burnt by French colonists in 1947. The community rebuilt it in 1977, and it has been there since.
The tomb of the General is also based in the province, where hundreds visit every month. — VNS
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